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The UN and its humanitarian partners have launched an appeal for US$16.4 billion to help at least 57.5 million people affected by crises in 22 countries in 2015.
“Over 80 percent of those we intend to help are in countries mired in conflict where brutality and violence have had a devastating...

Rahila Boukari, a 26-year-old mother of three, had barely enough money to take her youngest daughter, Chafaatou, to the intensive nutrition centre in Guidan-Roumji, south-central Niger.
By the time they arrived at the centre, Chafaatou was extremely ill. She was suffering from protein-energy deficiency...

Efforts are increasingly being made to optimize humanitarian response in emergencies by ensuring different systems work together based on their comparative advantages and capacities.
To discuss these efforts at the Global Humanitarian Policy Forum, referred to increasingly by the term “...

A high-level mission co-led by OCHA, the African Union Commission (AU) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) visited Chad for one week to get a firsthand impression of the humanitarian situation in the country and to see the work of the humanitarian community.
Sitting under trees in a Wadi (a...

Aid organizations are increasingly recognizing and prioritizing communication as a form of assistance – one as important as water, food and shelter. Without access to information, disaster survivors cannot access the help they need or make informed decisions about their recovery. These are just...